| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 36.2

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Book Review

Mining, the Environment, and Indigenous Development Conflicts. By Saleem H. Ali. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2003. xxii + 254 pp. Tables, charts, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. $50.00.)

The European conquest of North America relegated indigenous populations to marginal lands, but valuable ore deposits have been found on some of those reserves. Exploiting those minerals would seem to be an obvious way to improve often-impoverished tribal economies, but Native communities have resisted many proposals to mine those ores. Ali's book addresses that seeming paradox, with the goal of formulating effective strategies for stakeholders (indigenous communities, mining businesses, governments, and advocacy groups) to use in planning environmentally sound mining projects.

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